348 Alhambra Circle, Coral Gables (305) 447-9199 dentistry@lesliehallerdmd.com
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About the practice

# Leslie Haller, DMD

Airway Dentist · CO2 Laser Specialist · Coral Gables, Florida
“I was trained to look at teeth. The last decade taught me to look at the airway — and that changed what I do every day.”
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How the practice changed

## A patient who happened to be the dentist.

Most airway dentists come to the work through a case that surprised them. In Dr. Haller’s case, the patient was herself.

For years, the practice looked like most general dental offices. One of the things Dr. Haller did differently was CO2 laser tongue-tie releases in infants — a procedure that can transform breastfeeding in a matter of days. What she didn’t expect was what parents kept telling her at follow-up: the babies were sleeping better. Often dramatically better. That pattern stayed in the back of her mind.

Years later, a continuing-education course on sleep dentistry pulled the pieces together. She recognized the symptoms the instructor was describing — fatigue, restless sleep, the jaw clenching — in herself. She had grown up with an undetected tongue tie of her own, and she was living with sleep apnea as a result. She had been taught in dental school that an adult palate could not be expanded. The course, and the literature behind it, made clear that was no longer true.

Within two years she was off CPAP. Then she treated her husband. Then she stopped taking general-dentistry patients.

Everything that followed was a slow rebuilding of the practice around one question: is this person breathing? Tongue-tie releases stayed. Airway expansion came in. The CO2 laser found new uses — on snoring tissue, on tonsils, on frenectomies for adults who thought they were too old. Collaborative relationships with myofunctional therapists, ENTs, pediatricians, and sleep physicians became standard. Routine crowns and whitenings quietly left.

Today, the practice does one thing. It is smaller than it used to be, and by intention. The appointments are longer. The questions are different. And patients tend to arrive because someone told them — a spouse, a friend, a pediatrician — that what was happening to them at night might have a dental answer.

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## What to expect — and what you won’t.

An airway consultation is not a cleaning. It’s a structured evaluation of how you breathe, sleep, and hold your jaw at rest — and the conversation it leads to is different from a standard dental visit.

01
Ninety minutes, not thirty
A first consultation runs close to 90 minutes. There is time to hear the full story — sleep, energy, childhood history, what other clinicians have already said — before any examination begins.
02
The airway is the exam
Tongue posture, palate shape, nasal patency, jaw position, tonsil size, and neck-and-shoulder alignment are all part of the assessment. Teeth are included — but they are not the starting point.
03
You leave understanding why
Before anything is scheduled, Dr. Haller walks through what she saw, why it matters, and what the options are — including the option to do nothing. Patients regularly say this is the first time the pieces have connected.
04
No upsell, no cosmetic pitch
The practice doesn’t do routine cleanings, whitening, or veneers. If airway work isn’t the right fit, Dr. Haller will say so directly and send you to someone who is.
Training & Credentials

## Where the work comes from.

Airway dentistry is not part of standard dental-school curriculum. Most of what follows was learned directly from the clinicians who developed the techniques.

Education & Board Certification

- Harvard School of Dental Medicine
  DMD, 1992 · graduated first in her class
- Academy of Laser Dentistry (ALD)
  Board Certified Laser Dentist · the only board-certified laser dentist in Florida
- American Sleep & Breathing Academy (ASBA)
  Board Certified in Dental Sleep Medicine
- Published Research
  Journal of Rare Disorders, 2016

Direct Mentorship & Certification

- AHS · Airway Health Solutions™
  Pediatric and adult orthodontic course work with Dr. Ben Miraglia and Dr. Kevin Boyd — two of the most influential voices in airway-centered orthodontics
- Dr. German Ramirez
  Direct mentorship in pediatric airway orthodontics
- ALF · Healthy Start · Myobrace · Myo Munchee
  Certified provider across pediatric airway and myofunctional appliance systems
- Dr. Felix Liao · Holistic Mouth Solutions
  Certified AMD (Airway Mouth Doctor) · Start Thriving Appliance®
- Dr. Theodore Belfor · Homeoblock™
  Certified provider · trained directly with the inventor
- Vivos Therapeutics
  Certified Vivos DNA system provider

## A small practice, by design.

The office is one doctor, one chair, and a team built around long appointments. Dr. Haller sees patients Tuesday and Thursday in Coral Gables. Most come from South Florida; some travel in for the expansion work. The waiting list moves at the speed that does the work properly — which is to say, not quickly.

Ready to work with Dr. Haller?
Consultations are unhurried and educational. The first visit is about understanding your full picture — before any treatment is discussed.
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